The legalisation of assisted dying in Jersey has taken another step as proposals have been lodged in the States Assembly. Channel Island Humanists welcomes the proposals, as another part of the British Isle moves closer to a compassionate end-of-life law. The proposals will allow residents of Jersey who are intolerably suffering from a physical, incurable condition… Read more »
BASC has welcomed the announcement by the Secretary of State for Defra of a new general licence (GL45) for the release of game birds (pheasant and red legged partridges) on or near certain Special Protection Areas (SPAs) in England. After the chaos of last year’s announcement at short notice, BASC has achieved significant improvements to… Read more »
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The World Health Organisation has extended its travel warnings for Sars as the killer virus continues to spread. A new alert against all non-essential travel to the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, and two more regions of China has been added to existing advice on the WHO’s website. The WHO is advising that travellers exercise ‘precaution’ before… Read more »
The Bank of England announced today that it is to maintain interest rates at their present level. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to maintain interest rates at their 48-year low of 3.75%. Analysts had been split on whether the MPC would slice another 0.25% off interest rates. Economic data over recent weeks… Read more »
